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William
and Mary slat-back
(ladder-back) armchair
Documentation that this chair was made before 1778
- High-back side chair with 4 arched horizontal slats, graduated in width and
mortised into plain cylindrical stiles
- Stiles slightly tapered to top and ending in onion-shaped finials
- Rectangular rush seat covering rails
on all sides
- Plain legs are continuations of rear stiles.
- Paired stretchers
on sides, single one in front and rear; front stretcher turned in ball-and-ring
pattern
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